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Completes One-stop Cross-country Flight!

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Text on verso: 'Setting a new record in transcontinental flying, Liet. James A. Doolittle, Army aviator, completed a flight the other day of 2275 miles from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego, Cal, in approximately 21 hours and 20 minutes, with but one stop of one hour in Texas. He flew through several severe storms but landed at San Diego without a mishap. His first remark upon landing was: 'I'll say I'm hungry.' Photo shows Lieut. Doolittle being greeted by Major Sheplar Fitzgerald, commandant of Rockwell Field, San Diego, a moment after he completed his cross-country flight.'

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